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မျှော့

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Diverse range of senses, which MED groups together (unclear if they should be etymologically grouped). STEDT gives no etymology for the "leech" sense (hmyoʼ "leech"), and does not mention the other senses. Luce 1981 doesn't appear to mention this lemma either.”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: မျှော့
  • IPA(key): /m̥jɔ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hmyau. • ALA-LC: myhoʹ • BGN/PCGN: hmyaw. • Okell: hmyó

Noun

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မျှော့ (hmyau.)

  1. leech, slug
  2. metal clamp, cramp iron, dog
  3. descendant five generations removed from oneself

Derived terms

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See also

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